A TEETER-TOTTER APPROACH TO ARRAY SCANNING

Abstract

A new compact, electromechanical scanning array in which a small mechanical ngular motion of a scanning lever arm can cause a wide degree of eam steering is demonstrated. The teetertotter scanning array uses a ganged arrangement of helical delay lines as phase shifters and directional couplers as power dividers. Any desired antenna illumination can be obtained by simply varying the coupling of each directional coupler. Radiation patterns at scanning angles up to 60 degrees off broadside were recorded for a uniform distribution, a -20 db and a -30 db Tschebyschef antenna istribution. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264690

Entities

People

  • John C. Fan
  • Luis L. Oh

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Couplings
  • Delay Lines
  • Directional
  • Illumination
  • Power Dividers
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Scanning
  • Steering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems